Phillies Will Not Re-Sign Brett Myers
By Wyatt Earp | November 8, 2009
Wow, it looks like Mrs. Myers will have another black eye to explain.
Brett Myers, the pitcher who was sometimes loved and other times loathed during an eight-year run with the Phillies, filed for free agency yesterday after being told he was no longer in the team’s plans.
“I officially won’t be a Phillie next year,” the 29-year-old righthander said in a telephone interview.
The decision not to pursue a new contract with Myers wasn’t surprising. Though Myers had triumphant times in a Phillies uniform – he made three opening-day starts, saved a division-title-clinching game, and swung the bat memorably in the 2008 playoffs – he had just as many that were tumultuous.
Most notable, he was charged with assaulting his wife, Kim, in Boston in June 2006. The charges were dropped. (H/T – Philly.com)
Myers has always been a tool, and he’s always been in trouble off the field. On the field, his pitches couldn’t hit a strike zone the size of Rosie O’Donnell’s ass of late, so the Phillies wisely decided to dump him. Good riddance to bad rubbish. I feel sorry for his wife Kim, though:
Yeah, she deserves better.
Topics: Evil = Funny | 4 Comments »
November 8th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Would that even be in the same area code as home plate?
November 8th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Proof – No, probably not.
November 8th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
That brings back some memories- I was at the game in Fenway the day after he was arrested. Without knowing what transpired the night before, he was being booed lustily by the crowd. Finally, I asked and the southie sitting next to me said “You didn’t hea’? This fuckah was was booked feh smackin’ ’round his wife last night””
He was up against Schilling that day and got a no-desicion in the Phillies loss.
November 9th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Fenway – Serves him right. I wished him ill every day after he beat her up.